I've been asked to see if I can get Orion to monitor a few processes on a server and if they stop/fail have either a script or VB script to kick of the .exe to restart the processes.
I've been asked to see if I can get Orion to monitor a few processes on a server and if they stop/fail have either a script or VB script to kick of the .exe to restart the processes.
You can absolutely do this and the difficulty will vary depending on where the script lies, server type, etc. One way you could do it would be to create a custom alert for the process on the server (you can use a regular alert if this will be used for all servers of a type). As one of the trigger actions on the alert, you can use the "run a script" option, or you can use the "run an external program" option (for instance, if you have to run psexec).
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